Preventing truck crashes needs to take ‘dashcam’ approach to driver ‘microsleeps’
Researchers using dashcam footage of real-world collisions involving large trucks to analyze driver and vehicle behavior has found that anti-drowsiness ...
Tag: Preventing
Researchers Clarify Neuronal Function Preventing Insects from Producing Eggs in Winter
Tsukuba, Japan—Dormancy is a survival strategy for many organisms that involves suppressing development and reproduction for a period of time ...
The Endocrine community joins forces on European Hormone Day to raise awareness of vital role of hormones in preventing and treating rare and chronic diseases
PRESS RELEASE Credit: European Society of Endocrinology PRESS RELEASE EMBARGOED TO 15 MAY 2023 Contact: Victoria Withy Head of Marketing, ...
Smart surgical implant coatings provide early failure warning while preventing infection
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Newly developed “smart” coatings for surgical orthopedic implants can monitor strain on the devices to provide early ...
Preventing a measles outbreak: steps taken by London hospital to protect patients and staff potentially exposed to the virus
The steps taken by a London hospital to prevent an outbreak of measles will be detailed at this year’s European ...
Humans, and piglets, and bears, oh my! Preventing dangerous blood clots
“Don’t poke the bear”, they said. But that’s exactly what a team of scientists have been doing, to discover the ...
Antimicrobial stewardship programs essential for preventing C. difficile in hospitals
ARLINGTON, Va. (April 12, 2023) — Five medical organizations say it is essential that hospitals establish antimicrobial stewardship programs to ...
Preventing urban flooding in the face of climate change
Planners have come up with many innovative ways to prevent flooding caused by heavy downpours — from planting rain gardens ...
Detecting, predicting, and preventing aortic ruptures with computational modeling
WASHINGTON, April 4, 2023 – An abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) causes the wall of a person’s aorta, the largest artery ...
Scientists make critical progress toward preventing C. diff infections
Each year, about 500,000 people in the U.S. deal with gastrointestinal infections from Clostridioides difficile (C. diff), and more than ...
UW researchers identify cell type that could be key to preventing marrow transplant complication
A bone marrow transplant can be a lifesaving treatment for people with relapsed blood cancers, but a potentially lethal complication ...
Dana-Farber researchers chart a course for understanding, preventing, and treating young-onset colorectal cancer
Colorectal cancer among young people is increasing globally and rapidly. Experts expect it to become the leading cause of cancer ...
HKUMed study reveals three or four doses of the Comirnaty or CoronaVac vaccines remain effective in preventing Omicron infection
An international research team comprised of members from the School of Public Health, LKS Faculty of Medicine of the University ...
Change in how the heart produces energy may be key to preventing heart failure
Heart failure is often identified only when the heart has already deteriorated. This is in large part because the cause ...
Gillings study shows updated bivalent boosters are more effective at preventing hospitalization and death from Omicron
(Chapel Hill, N.C.- Jan. 25, 2023) – In a peer-reviewed study on the real-world effectiveness of updated bivalent mRNA vaccines, ...
University of Colorado researchers identify new pathway for preventing cardiac fibrosis
Researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine have discovered a new mechanism for slowing scarring of heart tissue — a ...
Conservative management vs. dialysis for preventing hospitalizations in patients with advanced kidney diseases and different ethnicities
Highlights Researchers have compared the impact of conservative management vs. dialysis on hospitalization outcomes in patients with advanced kidney disease ...
Preventing resistance in cancer therapy
The latest developmental drugs, particularly for the use in oncology, rely on the targeted degradation of harmful pathogenic proteins. In ...
$9.42M federal agreement aims to develop non-invasive methods of detecting and preventing radiation exposures
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Researchers with The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard ...
Possible target for treating and preventing osteoarthritis found in little-studied protein
JUPITER, Fla. — Wear and tear on joints can lead to inflammation, breakdown of cartilage and development of osteoarthritis. Scientists ...